Part 1 of 7 of the 1973 period drama. When Irish serving girl Anna Fitzgerald quits her job and her lover to hit the road, little does she know what fate has in store for her when she encounters a stranger camping in a field. After a difficult first meeting, he reveals himself to be an aspiring artist called Nick Faunt and despite his initial reluctance agrees to let her accompany him up to Manchester. What she doesn't know is that he is a millionaire's son who has rejected his privileged upbringing to try and make it in the art world in the Depression hit 1930's. But he is not the only one who has secrets, as Nick is soon to find out.
